On Nov. 24, 1971 (39 years ago today), Northwest Airlines Flight 305, from Portland, Oregon, was hijacked by a man calling himself Dan Cooper. In Seattle, the FBI handed over a bag full of 10,000 $20 bills, along with four parachutes in exchange for the release of 36 passengers and 2 stewardesses. Cooper demanded the pilots take off and head at low speed and low altitude to Mexico City. When told that there was not enough fuel, he settled for Reno, Nevada. Somewhere over southwestern Washington state, however, he apparently parachuted out of the rear of the plane with the ransom money. A four-state manhunt, however, found no trace of him. This fugitive, who became known as D.B. Cooper after a miscommunication between a reporter and his police source, immediately became a folk hero. The FBI's official stance is that Cooper died from his jump, but his body has never been found. In 1980, an 8-year-old boy recovered some of the ransom money from the Columbia River bank. Although, through the years, a few promising leads have emerged, all to this point have been dismissed.
Today is also Tie One On Day. I know what you're thinking, but, on the day before Thanksgiving, this is a holiday to celebrate the apron and the earlier generations of women who have worn one.
Also, whatever your unique talent may be, as today is Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day, why not take the opportunity to show it off.
Today would have been the 236th birthday of 12th U.S. President Zachary Taylor (1784), the 142nd birthday of musician Scott Joplin (1868), the 122nd birthday of lecturer Dale Carnegie (1888), and the 85th birthday of author and commentator William F. Buckley Jr. (1925).
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